ARLINGTON, Texas — A.J. Alexy won his major league debut pitching one-hit ball through five shutout innings while DJ Peters, Leody Taveras and Nick Solak homered in consecutive innings as the Texas Rangers hung on to beat the Colorado Rockies 4-3 on Monday night.
Alexy allowed only a second-inning double to C.J. Cron.
The 23-year-old who was recalled from Triple-A Round Rock earlier in the day struck out four and walked three throwing 81 pitches.
Local product Trevor Story hit a solo homer in the seventh inning and a two-run homer in the eighth for Colorado, but it wasn't enough for the Rockies.
The two teams will play again on Tuesday night before wrapping up the series on Wednesday.
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